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[1] the blues, (used with a plural verb ) depressed spirits; despondency; melancholy: This rainy spell is giving me the blues.
[2] (used with a singular verb ) Jazz . a song, originating with American blacks, that is marked by the frequent occurrence of blue notes, and that takes the basic form, customarily improvised upon in performance, of a 12-bar chorus consisting of a 3-line stanza with the second line repeating the first. the genre constituting such songs.
[3] any of various blue military uniforms worn by members of the U.S. armed services: dress blues.
[4] a blue uniform for work; blue work clothes: a doctor in surgical blues.
[5] Informal . police: The blues keep this neighborhood safe.
[6] the pure color of a clear sky; the primary color between green and violet in the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 450 and 500 nm.
[7] bluing.
[8] something having a blue color: Place the blue next to the red.
[9] a person who wears blue or is a member of a group characterized by some blue symbol: Tomorrow the blues will play the browns.
[10] (often initial capital letter ) a member of the Union army in the American Civil War or the army itself. Compare gray1(def 13) .
[11] bluestocking.
[12] blue ribbon(def 1) .
[13] any of several blue-winged butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.
[14] Printing . blueline.
[15] the blue, the sky. the sea. the remote distance: They've vanished into the blue somewhere.
[16] of the color of blue: a blue tie.
[17] (initial capital letter ) of or relating to the Union army in the American Civil War.
[18] (of the skin) discolored by cold, contusion, fear, or vascular collapse.
[19] depressed in spirits; dejected; melancholy: She felt blue about not being chosen for the team.
[20] holding or offering little hope; dismal; bleak: a blue outlook.
[21] characterized by or stemming from rigid morals or religion: statutes that were blue and unrealistic.
[22] marked by blasphemy: The air was blue with oaths.
[23] (of an animal's pelage) grayish-blue.
[24] indecent; somewhat obscene; risqué: a blue joke or film.
[25] to make blue; dye a blue color.
[26] to tinge with bluing: Don't blue your clothes till the second rinse.
[27] to become or turn blue.
[28] a feeling of depression or deep unhappiness
[29] a type of folk song devised by Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century, usually employing a basic 12-bar chorus, the tonic, subdominant, and dominant chords, frequent minor intervals, and blue notes
[30] the Blues British the Royal Horse Guards
[31] any of a group of colours, such as that of a clear unclouded sky, that have wavelengths in the range 490–445 nanometres. Blue is the complementary colour of yellow and with red and green forms a set of primary colours Related adjective: cyanic
[32] a dye or pigment of any of these colours
[33] blue cloth or clothing dressed in blue
[34] a sportsperson who represents or has represented Oxford or Cambridge University and has the right to wear the university colour (dark blue for Oxford, light blue for Cambridge) an Oxford blue the honour of so representing one's university
[35] British an informal name for Tory
[36] any of numerous small blue-winged butterflies of the genera Lampides, Polyommatus , etc: family Lycaenidae
[37] archaic short for bluestocking
[38] slang a policeman
[39] archery a blue ring on a target, between the red and the black, scoring five points
[40] a blue ball in snooker, etc
[41] another name for blueing
[42] Australian and NZ slang an argument or fight he had a blue with a taxi driver
[43] Also: bluey Australian and NZ slang a court summons, esp for a traffic offence
[44] Australian and NZ informal a mistake; error
[45] out of the blue apparently from nowhere; unexpectedly the opportunity came out of the blue
[46] into the blue into the unknown or the far distance
[47] of the colour blue
[48] (of the flesh) having a purple tinge, as from cold or contusion
[49] depressed, moody, or unhappy
[50] dismal or depressing a blue day
[51] indecent, titillating, or pornographic blue films
[52] bluish in colour or having parts or marks that are bluish a blue fox ; a blue whale
[53] rare aristocratic; noble; patrician a blue family See blue blood
[54] US relating to, supporting, or representing the Democratic Party Compare red 1 (def. 18)
[55] to make, dye, or become blue
[56] (tr) to treat (laundry) with blueing
[57] (tr) slang to spend extravagantly or wastefully; squander
[58] Australian informal a nickname for a person with red hair

Words related to Blues

doldrums, gloom, melancholy, dejection, glumness, despondency, dumps, sadness, unhappiness, gloominess, moodiness

Words nearby Blues

blueness, bluenose, bluepoint, blueprint, blueprinting, blues, blues-rock, blueschist, blueshift, bluesman, bluesnarfing

Origin of Blues

1250–1300; Middle English blewe < Anglo-French blew, bl(i)u, bl(i)ef blue, livid, discolored, Old French blo, blau (French bleu ) < Germanic *blǣwaz; compare Old English blǣwen, contraction of blǣhǣwen deep blue, perse (see blae, hue1), Old Frisian blāw, Middle Dutch blā(u ), Old High German blāo (German blau ), Old Norse blār

Words that may be confused with Blues

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, blueblew, blue

Other words from Blues

blues·y , adjective
blue·ly , adverb
blue·ness , noun
half-blue , adjective
un·blued , adjective

Word origin for Blues

C13: from Old French bleu , of Germanic origin; compare Old Norse blār , Old High German blāo , Middle Dutch blā ; related to Latin flāvus yellow

Synonyms for Blues

dejection, despondency, doldrums, dumps, gloom, gloominess, glumness, melancholy, moodiness, mournfulness, sadness, unhappiness, heavy heart, low spirits, the dismals, the mopes